Adequate arrangement of gunny bags has been ensured in the state for the purchase of paddy in the Kharif marketing year 2020-21.
An estimated paddy procurement of 89.00 lakhs in the state. Approximately 4.45 lakh bales of gunny bags are required for the tonnage. Tons of paddy have been procured. 89 lakhs Against the estimated procurement of tonnes of paddy, about 21.65 lakhs. Tons are yet to be acquired.
Approximately 1.08 lakh bales of gunny bags will be required to procure the remaining paddy. Against this, in the present situation, about 53 thousand gunny bags are available. Apart from this, about 35 thousand bale miller gunny bags are to be obtained from the lifting of paddy for custom milling. At present, about 10 to 12 thousand bale miller gunny bags are being received every week due to the lifting of paddy, so there is a total possibility of 35 thousand baley miller gunny bags in the remaining period of paddy purchase. Also, about 10 thousand bales of HDPE / PP gunny bags are to be supplied.
At present about 5 thousand bale HDPE / PP gunny bags are being received every week, so there is a total possibility of getting 10 thousand balement HDPE / PP gunny bags in the remaining period of paddy purchase.
Similarly, for the purpose of ensuring the supply of 10,000 bags of gunny bags from PDS shops, permission is being given for advance storage / distribution of rice as per the demand of the districts.
Thus, against the requirement of total 1.08 lakh bales of gunny bags, the supply of gunny bags has been ensured by the State Government. Besides, about 36 thousand bales of new jute gunny bags are also required through the Jute Commissioner.
In spite of the above arrangement, if the need for gunny bags arises in any committee, permission for purchasing paddy in farmer gunny bags has also been provided by the state government. Thus adequate arrangements for gunny bags have been ensured in the state for paddy purchase.
